School Psychologist and Assessment Psychologist

We now offer an exciting and varied position where you work both as a school psychologist for the Tuna school area and as an assessment psychologist at the Department of Education and Children (BUF). In the administrative assignment, you will assess intellectual disabilities (ID) for 6-year-olds in preparation for potential admission to adapted primary school. The reception team at the department includes coordinators for the adapted primary school, doctors, special educators, social workers, and psychologists. The Tuna school area consists of several different units located around Eskilstuna. It is part of the adapted primary school, which currently has about 170 students.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a school psychologist, you contribute your psychological expertise to the school's work at the individual, group, and school levels. You are part of the student health team and work closely with school staff to help students thrive and develop both socially and academically. Your work includes educating, supervising, and advising school staff, both individually and in groups, so they can better support students' development. You will lead training initiatives and projects that promote students' schooling and well-being without providing therapy or treatment. The work also includes support and advice to guardians, writing referrals, and collaborating with external actors such as BUP and Habilitation.

About 50 percent of your assignment will involve working for the department with ID assessments. Decisions in cases are made as a team, weighing all parts of the assessment together. You and your psychologist colleague will evaluate each other's assessments.

We also have a network for school psychologists within Eskilstuna municipality where you will have regular collegial meetings and external supervision.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a trained psychologist with Swedish authorization from the National Board of Health and Welfare and has experience in assessing intellectual disabilities. It is certainly an advantage if you have worked with children and adolescents in some professional capacity. You are self-assured and have the ability to adapt to the needs that arise throughout the day. As a person, you enjoy working proactively and are willing to take your own initiatives. You are committed and have the best interests of the students in mind. Experience in supervision or consultation is meritorious, as is previous work as a school psychologist or as a psychologist connected to schools. In this role, you will have many points of contact, both internally within Eskilstuna municipality and externally. Your strong communication skills and ability to build good relationships will be essential. You find it easy to express yourself both verbally and in writing.

Do you want to make a difference for the students of Eskilstuna? We warmly welcome your application!

Eskilstuna municipality has removed the personal letter from the application process. We do this to create a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient experience for you as a job seeker with us. Your answers to the selection questions will be an important part of our selection work. Here you can read more about the background of the decision: link (https://jobb.eskilstuna.se/personligt-brev)

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Every day we welcome 18,000 children and young people in our operations. Together, we are about 4,000 employees who contribute to ensuring that children and young people are challenged, stimulated, and grow into good learning individuals in our preschools, primary schools, high schools, adapted primary schools, intercultural units, and family centers.

Do you want to help lead the way?

We offer a workplace that leads the way in one of Sweden's most sustainable municipalities. Together with competent and dedicated colleagues, you will help develop Eskilstuna through good sustainable meetings, guidance, and service. Through active and courageous employee engagement and a trusting and committed leadership, you will help drive change. You make a difference for people every day.

We welcome employees with diverse backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to all.

In connection with the interview, you will need to prove your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a certificate of citizenship along with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required under the Aliens Ordinance.

If you have a protected identity, you can apply by submitting your application in writing or delivering it to our reception at Alva Myrdals Gata 3 D. Mark your application with the Recruitment Unit and the advertisement reference number.

In this recruitment, we will ask you to show an extract from the police criminal record before employment.

The position will be filled provided that it is not claimed due to redundancy and that the necessary decisions are made.